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Ulster Scots, ca'aed Ulstèr-Scotch an Ullans, ïs tha dialect o tha Scots leid[1] spak ïn Ulster (Norlin Airlan an tha Republic o Airlan). Ït is maistly spak bae tha Ulster-Scots fowk yit mony wirds, lik glaikit an wee, hae been borraed intae the ilkaday speak o ither fowks. Policies at forder Erse an Ulster-Scots is tae be promuived in Norlin Airlan syne 2020.[2] The leid can be pairtit intae three kynds: Westren Ulster Scots in Coonties Derry an Dunnygal, Central Ulster Scots in Coontie Antrim, an Eastren Ulster Scots in Coontie Doun an The Ards.
 | This article is written in Ulster Scots, that haes its awn spellin conventions an some terms uised in it are different or absent frae ither varieties o Scots. |
Estimates o the amoont o Ulster Scots spikkers chynge; fae a weel-hertit estimate o anent 100,000 tae a laich ane o aboot 30,000 in the Northren Ireland Life and Times leuk o 1999. Loyalists is mair likely tae spik it than naitionalists[citation needit].
Ulster Scots is spak maistly in east Coonty Antrim, north Coonty Doun, north-east Coonty Lunnonderry, the Laggan aurie o Coonty Donegal an in the fishin veelages o the Mourne coast.
In the North/South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northren Ireland Order 1999 Ulster Scots is defined as: the variety of the Scots language which has traditionally been used in parts of Northern Ireland and in Donegal in Ireland.[4]
The defineetion fae the North/South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northren Ireland Order 1999 abuin wis uised in the 1 Julie 2005 Second Periodical Report bi the Unitit Kinrick tae the Secretar General o the Cooncil o Europe shawin hou the UK meets its obligations unner the European Chairter for Regional an Minoritie Leids.[5]
The 1998 Guid Friday Agreement awns Ulster Scots as "part of the cultural wealth of the island of Ireland", an established the Ulster-Scots Agency (Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch) an aw. The Northren Ireland Asssemblie, stelt bi the Guid Friday Agreement, gies Ulster Scots speakers information in thair awn leid.[6]
The declaration made bi the Unitit Kinrick Govrenment adae wi the European Chairter for Regional an Minoritie Leids is as follaes:
The United Kingdom declares, in accordance with Article 2, paragraph 1 of the Charter that it recognises that Scots and Ulster Scots meet the Charter's definition of a regional or minority language for the purposes of Part II of the Charter.[7]
The Institute o Ulster Scots Studies wis established in 2001 bi the Ulster Varsity.[8]
BBC Northren Ireland hae a section on thair wabsteid on learnin Ulster Scots, an the Boord o Ulster Scots hae makkit a few buiks in Ulster Scots.
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